This is a great recipe for anyone that's trying to avoid pasta or is perhaps just looking for a way to get more vegetables into their diet.
Meat Sauce
1 medium size package of extra lean ground beef
1 large onion
1 can of crushed tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
¼ tea spoon of oregano
¼ tea spoon of basil
2 cinnamon sticks
Salt and pepper to taste
Sauté the onions for a few minutes then add the ground beef. Break the cooking beef into small bits and once it's cooked, add the rest of the ingredients. Let it simmer with the cinnamon sticks for about a half hour on low heat.
Grated vegetables
Grate the following vegetables in a food processor and add to a large bowl
1 celery root
Here is a photo for anyone that is not familiar with this vegetable. To prepare it, you peel it as you would a turnip or a potatoe then cut it into thick slices that fit into the food processor.
2 large carrots
3 zucchini's
Sauté the grated vegetables in a large pan with olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. You may notice that the cooking vegetables produce too much liquid in the pan, so just tip as much out as you can. Perhaps use a large lid to press the vegetables so that you can eliminate the liquid while ensuring the contents remain in the pan.
Serve the vegetables as a base for your meat sauce and add parmesan cheese if you like. Serves 4.
1 medium size package of extra lean ground beef
1 large onion
1 can of crushed tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
¼ tea spoon of oregano
¼ tea spoon of basil
2 cinnamon sticks
Salt and pepper to taste
Sauté the onions for a few minutes then add the ground beef. Break the cooking beef into small bits and once it's cooked, add the rest of the ingredients. Let it simmer with the cinnamon sticks for about a half hour on low heat.
Grated vegetables
Grate the following vegetables in a food processor and add to a large bowl
1 celery root
Here is a photo for anyone that is not familiar with this vegetable. To prepare it, you peel it as you would a turnip or a potatoe then cut it into thick slices that fit into the food processor.
2 large carrots
3 zucchini's
Sauté the grated vegetables in a large pan with olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. You may notice that the cooking vegetables produce too much liquid in the pan, so just tip as much out as you can. Perhaps use a large lid to press the vegetables so that you can eliminate the liquid while ensuring the contents remain in the pan.
Serve the vegetables as a base for your meat sauce and add parmesan cheese if you like. Serves 4.
